This section is from "The Horticulturist, And Journal Of Rural Art And Rural Taste", by P. Barry, A. J. Downing, J. Jay Smith, Peter B. Mead, F. W. Woodward, Henry T. Williams. Also available from Amazon: Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste.
At the Crystal Palace Exhibition near London, a Mr. Salter, among other variegated plants, showed a strawberry and a lily of the valley.
Aspidistra lurid a variegata; Ananassa sativa variegata; Begonia Griffithii; B. Rex; B. picta (the flowers of this species contrast finely with the foliage); Caladium bicolor; C. poecile; C. Chantinii; C.argyritis; Croton picta; C. variegatuni; Dieff-enbaohia seguina picta; Dioscorea discolor; Dracsena terminalis; D. nobilis; Farfuginm grande; Hydrangea Japonica variegata; Maranto pardina; M. Regalis; M. vittata; M. Warscewuu; M. zebrina; Pandanus Javanicus variegatus; Sonerila margaritacea; Tradescantia discolor vittata. Bard-wooded Climbers. - Kennedya Marryattss, scarlet; K. Comptoniana, blue; nigricans, purple, green; K. macrophylla, large-leaved and yellow. Evergreen Shrubs. - Acacia armata: A. affinis; A. dealbata; A. spectabilis; A. grandis; and the orange tribe. A strong grower, of rather rambling and herbaceous growth, is Coboea scandens: one plant would soon fill a house. Succulents. - Cereus speciosissimus; Epiphyllom speciosnm; E. Jenkinsonii; E. Ackermanii. Any of these divisions will render a back wall interesting.
 
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